Age: 89 yrs.
D/O Oliver Garrison Ricketson & Margaret Coleman (Carnegie) Ricketson
W/O Robert Weeks Ferguson, Sr. (14 Mar 1897-Jun 1968), m 29 Jun 1920, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
M/O Robert Weeks Ferguson, Jr. (21 Feb 1921-1 Nov 1993)
M/O Oliver Ricketson Ferguson (10 Jul 1922-8 Feb 2005)
M/O Margaret Carnegie (Ferguson) McDowell (15 Jan 1924-18 May 2007)
M/O Lucy Ricketson (Ferguson) Langshaw McLauchlan (18 Aug 1931-20 Jan 2013)
Founder and stern mistress of Greyfield Inn, Cumberland Island, GA. Was the de facto matriarch of Cumberland Island for decades. Worked to preserve Cumberland Island, but disagreed with the National Park Service and with naturalist Carol Ruckdeschell on how this should best be done.
Last Residence: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, 30302, USA [SSDI]
Obituary, The New York (NY) Times, 14 Sep 1989:
Lucy Carnegie Ferguson, a member of the industrialist Carnegie family who worked most of her life to preserve Cumberland Island, died Monday night after a long illness. She was 89 years old.
Born in New York City, she moved with her parents, Oliver Garrison Ricketson Carnegie [Carnegie?] and Margaret Coleman Carnegie, to Cumberland Island when she was 3. Her family owns 1,300 acres on the island, which Congress declared a national seashore in 1972. She was the owner of Greyfield Inn and the Serendipity Farm, both on Cumberland Island.
The widow of Robert Weeks Ferguson, a former state representative, she is survived by two sons, Robert W. Jr. of Fernandina Beach, Fla., and Oliver R., of Bluffton, S.C.; two daughters, Margaret McDowell and Lucy McLaughlan, both of Fernandina Beach; 17 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
D/O Oliver Garrison Ricketson & Margaret Coleman (Carnegie) Ricketson
W/O Robert Weeks Ferguson, Sr. (14 Mar 1897-Jun 1968), m 29 Jun 1920, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
M/O Robert Weeks Ferguson, Jr. (21 Feb 1921-1 Nov 1993)
M/O Oliver Ricketson Ferguson (10 Jul 1922-8 Feb 2005)
M/O Margaret Carnegie (Ferguson) McDowell (15 Jan 1924-18 May 2007)
M/O Lucy Ricketson (Ferguson) Langshaw McLauchlan (18 Aug 1931-20 Jan 2013)
Founder and stern mistress of Greyfield Inn, Cumberland Island, GA. Was the de facto matriarch of Cumberland Island for decades. Worked to preserve Cumberland Island, but disagreed with the National Park Service and with naturalist Carol Ruckdeschell on how this should best be done.
Last Residence: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, 30302, USA [SSDI]
Obituary, The New York (NY) Times, 14 Sep 1989:
Lucy Carnegie Ferguson, a member of the industrialist Carnegie family who worked most of her life to preserve Cumberland Island, died Monday night after a long illness. She was 89 years old.
Born in New York City, she moved with her parents, Oliver Garrison Ricketson Carnegie [Carnegie?] and Margaret Coleman Carnegie, to Cumberland Island when she was 3. Her family owns 1,300 acres on the island, which Congress declared a national seashore in 1972. She was the owner of Greyfield Inn and the Serendipity Farm, both on Cumberland Island.
The widow of Robert Weeks Ferguson, a former state representative, she is survived by two sons, Robert W. Jr. of Fernandina Beach, Fla., and Oliver R., of Bluffton, S.C.; two daughters, Margaret McDowell and Lucy McLaughlan, both of Fernandina Beach; 17 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
Age: 89 yrs.
D/O Oliver Garrison Ricketson & Margaret Coleman (Carnegie) Ricketson
W/O Robert Weeks Ferguson, Sr. (14 Mar 1897-Jun 1968), m 29 Jun 1920, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
M/O Robert Weeks Ferguson, Jr. (21 Feb 1921-1 Nov 1993)
M/O Oliver Ricketson Ferguson (10 Jul 1922-8 Feb 2005)
M/O Margaret Carnegie (Ferguson) McDowell (15 Jan 1924-18 May 2007)
M/O Lucy Ricketson (Ferguson) Langshaw McLauchlan (18 Aug 1931-20 Jan 2013)
Founder and stern mistress of Greyfield Inn, Cumberland Island, GA. Was the de facto matriarch of Cumberland Island for decades. Worked to preserve Cumberland Island, but disagreed with the National Park Service and with naturalist Carol Ruckdeschell on how this should best be done.
Last Residence: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, 30302, USA [SSDI]
Obituary, The New York (NY) Times, 14 Sep 1989:
Lucy Carnegie Ferguson, a member of the industrialist Carnegie family who worked most of her life to preserve Cumberland Island, died Monday night after a long illness. She was 89 years old.
Born in New York City, she moved with her parents, Oliver Garrison Ricketson Carnegie [Carnegie?] and Margaret Coleman Carnegie, to Cumberland Island when she was 3. Her family owns 1,300 acres on the island, which Congress declared a national seashore in 1972. She was the owner of Greyfield Inn and the Serendipity Farm, both on Cumberland Island.
The widow of Robert Weeks Ferguson, a former state representative, she is survived by two sons, Robert W. Jr. of Fernandina Beach, Fla., and Oliver R., of Bluffton, S.C.; two daughters, Margaret McDowell and Lucy McLaughlan, both of Fernandina Beach; 17 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
D/O Oliver Garrison Ricketson & Margaret Coleman (Carnegie) Ricketson
W/O Robert Weeks Ferguson, Sr. (14 Mar 1897-Jun 1968), m 29 Jun 1920, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
M/O Robert Weeks Ferguson, Jr. (21 Feb 1921-1 Nov 1993)
M/O Oliver Ricketson Ferguson (10 Jul 1922-8 Feb 2005)
M/O Margaret Carnegie (Ferguson) McDowell (15 Jan 1924-18 May 2007)
M/O Lucy Ricketson (Ferguson) Langshaw McLauchlan (18 Aug 1931-20 Jan 2013)
Founder and stern mistress of Greyfield Inn, Cumberland Island, GA. Was the de facto matriarch of Cumberland Island for decades. Worked to preserve Cumberland Island, but disagreed with the National Park Service and with naturalist Carol Ruckdeschell on how this should best be done.
Last Residence: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, 30302, USA [SSDI]
Obituary, The New York (NY) Times, 14 Sep 1989:
Lucy Carnegie Ferguson, a member of the industrialist Carnegie family who worked most of her life to preserve Cumberland Island, died Monday night after a long illness. She was 89 years old.
Born in New York City, she moved with her parents, Oliver Garrison Ricketson Carnegie [Carnegie?] and Margaret Coleman Carnegie, to Cumberland Island when she was 3. Her family owns 1,300 acres on the island, which Congress declared a national seashore in 1972. She was the owner of Greyfield Inn and the Serendipity Farm, both on Cumberland Island.
The widow of Robert Weeks Ferguson, a former state representative, she is survived by two sons, Robert W. Jr. of Fernandina Beach, Fla., and Oliver R., of Bluffton, S.C.; two daughters, Margaret McDowell and Lucy McLaughlan, both of Fernandina Beach; 17 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
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